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Deutsche Telekom works with Bielefeld University students on digital identity project

Deutsche Telekom and Bielefeld University are partnering for the self-sovereign access management (SESAM) university cooperation project in which experts from…

 

Renewed attack on EU’s proposed Eurodac biometric upgrade

Dozens of civil society organizations have renewed their demand that the EU stop expanding the capabilities of its biometric asylum-registration…

 

AI deciders targeted for regulation in California

California regulators have published draft rules for automated decision making. Broad and sweeping guidelines would govern consumer access and opt-out…

 

Duplicative biometric databases in Nigeria, India face criticism

A database dubbed the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) put in place to manage a student loans scheme in…

 

Okta reveals October security breach was much more damaging

After reassuring the public that only one percent of their customers had been affected by the security breach reported in…

 

NIST updates biometric image quality assessment evaluation, seeks feedback

Image quality assessment algorithms are getting better at detection specific defects that will impact face biometrics match success, according to…

 

Biometric legislation increasingly out of date, says Australia’s new privacy commissioner

Rapid changes in biometric technology are a challenge to regulators, while legislative approaches to applications such as keystroke and eye…

 

HIPAA trumps biometric privacy law in drug cabinet lawsuit

A rare Biometric Information Privacy Act win for the defense has been recorded in the U.S. state of Illinois. Health…

 

MOSIP-based legal, digital ID enrollments hit 100M milestone

The Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) has achieved a new landmark in its efforts to support non-proprietary digital ID ecosystem…

 

Clearview AI reaches preliminary deal to settle biometric data privacy lawsuit

Clearview AI has reached an agreement in principle to settle allegations that the facial recognition developer violated Illinois’ Biometric Information…

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